 | Anthony Trollope - 1872 - 758 pages
...put on when he finds himself maintained by a man, who to him is instead of God, or ' melior natnra' ; which courage is manifestly such as that creature,...a better nature than his own, could never attain." This passage is from Bacon's essay "Of Atheism." SOME NEWSPAPERS. I observe that electors of Tiverton,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1873 - 266 pages
...or melior natura ; 3 which courage is manifestly such as that creature, without that confidence of4 a better nature than his own, could never attain....human nature in itself could not obtain. Therefore, as5 atheism is in all respects hateful, so6 in this, that it depriveth human nature of the means to... | |
 | 1873 - 780 pages
...himself to the task, how might his work have illustrated the saying of his contemporary Bacon, that "man, when he resteth and assureth himself upon divine...force and faith which human nature in itself could not attain" ! How might the principal personage of his "act of self-devotion," religious and constant as... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1892 - 970 pages
...he will put on, when he finds himself maintained by a Man, who to him is instead of a God, or Melior Natura. Which courage is manifestly such, as that...resteth and assureth himself upon Divine protection and favor, gatherelh a force and faith which human Nature in itself could not obtain." LORD BACON. CANTO... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1893 - 342 pages
...by some he has been considered as the latest of the fathers of the Church. 2 " A superior nature." manifestly such as that creature, without that confidence...resteth and assureth himself upon divine protection and favor, gathereth a force and faith, which human nature in itself could not obtain ; therefore, as atheism... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1893 - 304 pages
...maintained by a man ; who to him is inftead of a god, or melior natura, which courage is manifeftly fuch as that creature, without that confidence of a better...than his own, could never attain. So man, when he refteth and aflureth himfelf upon divine proteftion and favour, gathereth a force and faith which human... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1895 - 600 pages
...maintained, by a Man ; who to him is in flead of a God, or Melior Natural which courage is manifeftly fuch, as that Creature, without that Confidence, of a better Nature, than his owne, could neuer attaine. So Man, when he refteth and affureth himfelfe, vpon diuine Protection, and... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1896 - 312 pages
...he will put on, when he finds himself maintained by a Man, who to him is instead of a God, or Melior Natura. Which courage is manifestly such, as that...never attain. So Man, when he resteth and assureth * The above extract, which, in 1837 and subsequent editions, follows the Dedication of the poem to... | |
 | Henry Clark Powell - 1896 - 524 pages
...dog will put on when he finds himself maintained by a man, who to him is instead of a God, or Melior Natura. Which courage is manifestly such, as that...better nature than his own could never attain." So the angels, as higher beings than man, " minister " to him protection and strength. And these glorious... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1898 - 544 pages
...put on when he finds himself maintained by a man who, to him, is instead of a God, or melior naturti, which courage is manifestly such as that creature,...favour, gathereth a force and faith which human nature could not obtain. ' ' You are silent, but your gesture tells me your doubt, — a doubt which your... | |
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For take an example of a dog, and mark what a generosity and courage he will put on when he finds himself maintained by a man, who to him is instead of a God, or melior natura, which courage is manifestly such as that creature, without that confidence,... 
